إِنَّ غَربَ الدَهرِ مَصقولُ

إِنَّ غَربَ الدَهرِ مَصقولُ

وَغِرارَ الجَدِّ مَسلولُ

وَغِرارَ الجَدِّ مَسلولُ

Indeed, time's cutting edge is polished,

The eve of time is polished bright,

and fortune's blade is unsheathed.

And lisping jest is glibly dight.

وَرِداءَ الفَجرِ مُنسَحِبٌ

وَرِداءَ الفَجرِ مُنسَحِبٌ

وَنِطاقَ اللَيلِ مَسدولُ

وَنِطاقَ اللَيلِ مَسدولُ

And dawn's robe trails along,

Morn's skirt the horizon quitting,

and night's girdle hangs down.

Night's zone from waist is slipping quite.

وَحَواشي الجَوِّ ناصِلَةٌ

وَحَواشي الجَوِّ ناصِلَةٌ

وَالدُجى بِالصُبحِ مَطلولُ

وَالدُجى بِالصُبحِ مَطلولُ

And the sky's fringes lose their color,

The skyey welkin's hems are seaming,

and darkness is slain unavenged by dawn.

Dawn's gloom with morning glow takes flight.

وَثَنايا اليَومِ يُضحِكُها

وَثَنايا اليَومِ يُضحِكُها

مِن قُدومِ العيدِ تَقبيلُ

مِن قُدومِ العيدِ تَقبيلُ

And the day's front teeth are set smiling

The day-shine little laughter stirs,

by kisses from the coming of Eid.

That comes with Festival's delight.

شَهِدَت فينا مَخائِلُهُ

شَهِدَت فينا مَخائِلُهُ

أَنَّ هَذا الصَومَ مَقبولُ

أَنَّ هَذا الصَومَ مَقبولُ

Its auspicious signs have borne witness among us

His Mihrabs witness gave that here

that this fast has been accepted.

This Fast was undertaken right.

فَأَطِع حُكمَ السُرورِ وَإِن

فَأَطِع حُكمَ السُرورِ وَإِن

زُخرِفَت فيهِ الأَضاليلُ

زُخرِفَت فيهِ الأَضاليلُ

So obey joy's command, even if

Obey the feast of joy and though

falsehoods are embellished within it.

Seems thee the world gone wild its plight.

وَتَعَلَّل بِالمُدامِ لَهُ

وَتَعَلَّل بِالمُدامِ لَهُ

إِنَّما الدُنيا تَعاليلُ

إِنَّما الدُنيا تَعاليلُ

And find diversion in wine for its sake;

Take thou the goblets' blamed glee for

the world is nothing but diversions.

Naught else but false and vain the Wight.